17
Jim Collins,
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't
(New York: HarperCollins, 2001), 65.
Chapter 1
1
Areva,
All About Nuclear Energy: From Atom to Zirconium
(Paris: Areva, 2008), 8.
2
For Hannibal, see John Noble Wilford, “The Mystery of Hannibal's Elephants,”
New York Times
, September 18, 1984,
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/18/science/the-mystery-of-hannibal-s-elephants.html?sec=health
. For Saturn V, see Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, “Apollo 11 Factoids,” n.d.,
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/apollo11/factoids.html
.
8
These issues are fully discussed in my last book,
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”
(New York: PublicAffairs, 2008).
11
Keith Crane, Andreas Goldthau, Michael Toman, Thomas Light, Stuart E. Johnson, Alireza Nader, Angel Rabasa, and Harun Dogo, “Imported Oil and US National Security,” Rand Corporation, May 11, 2009,
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG838.pdf
, xvi.
17
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009.
25
According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009, global primary energy consumption in 2008 was about 11.3 billion tons of oil equivalent, or about 82.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent per year. Multiplying that figure by $60 per barrel gives us about $4.9 trillion.
Chapter 2
7
Ted McKenna, “New Al Gore Campaign Applies Ads, Media for Grassroots Effort,”
PR Week
, April 4, 2008.
21
Peter Tertzakian and Keith Hollihan,
The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow
(New York: Wiley, 2009), 12.
25
Louise Story, “FTC Asks If Carbon-Offset Money Is Well Spent,”
New York Times
, January 9, 2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/09offsets.html
; Christopher Joyce, “Carbon Offsets: Government Warns of Fraud Risk,” National Public Radio, January 3, 2008,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17814838
.
26
Taylor, “Ethical Travel Company.”
34
Karlyn Bowman, “The Federal Government: Losing Public Support,”
Roll Call
, October 5, 2006.
37
James Howard Kunstler,
The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
(New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005), jacket flap.